GRAND Magazine - Spring 2020 - 16
tech talk
SENIOR PLANET - Aging with attitude
BY WENDY SCHUMAN
E
ver since the pandemic
changed our lives abruptly
in early March, our world
has increasingly moved online.
My husband and I are over 70
- and we want to limit unnecessary in-person contact.
So, we've had to start using
Instacart to order groceries,
talking to our grandkids on
FaceTime, and having meetings
on Zoom. Since we're trying to
avoid hospital or urgent care
visits, we know that pretty soon
we'll have to get comfortable
with telemedicine to consult our
doctors remotely. Online banking is next. My head is spinning!
Now more than ever, it's
essential for older adults to be
online and to understand how
to use their computers, phones,
and other devices to stay healthy and connected. But
it's not easy. In fact, it can be extremely frustrating.
Enter Senior Planet-a 7-year-old tech hub for
older adults that's done revolutionary work in helping
seniors get tech-savvy. Founded by social activist Tom
Kamber, Senior Planet is the flagship program of OATS
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(Older Adults Technology Services), which Kamber
started in 2005.
Exuberant and energetic, Kamber, 53, founded
both OATS and Senior Planet with a social vision.
"It was never about finding a bunch of vulnerable
old people and filling their brains up with computer
skills," he explains. "It was more about what could
happen if we give older people more empowerment
and engagement with the world
through the digital skills that
were available."
Teaching technology to
seniors was in the service of a
social mission: to counteract
social isolation and to help
them develop new skills in the
process. "We really weren't a
bunch of computer nerds trying
to tell people how to resize
their desktop icons or play with
their file systems or whatever.
We were social activists. We
built a powerful mousetrap to
engage older people and help
them learn to use technology
and also fit it into their lives,
become more comfortable, more
confident, be respected and
activate themselves to use it for
some purpose."
They developed a methodology to get absolute
beginners on line and using technology. Courses
were adapted to the needs of seniors, such as keeping classes shorter (bathroom breaks!) and meeting a
few times a week to aid memory. Staff and volunteers
were trained in this methodology.
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